Italian_in_NYC

Just called NVC (no wait to talk to a rep!) and they confirmed case was completed as of today, in line for an interview now.
SD: 10/6
CC: 11/22
6 weeks and 5 days, not bad at all.

Just called NVC (no wait to talk to a rep!) and they confirmed case was completed as of today, in line for an interview now.
SD: 10/6
CC: 11/22
6 weeks and 5 days, not bad at all.

Status changed to “at NVC” and AOS fee disappeared.
Looks like a CC.
Visa type IR-5, SD 10/6

IR-5 scan date Oct 6..... lurking and waiting

The VWP is the equivalent of a tourist (or business) visa, the B1/B2, it is definitely not a dual-intent visa (like the H1B, for example).
You can do AOS (it is permitted), but be prepared for extra scrutiny to prove that your intent changed after you were admitted.
Safest way is to leave and apply for a CR-1 visa (takes a year or so).

They say up to 11 weeks, but most cases are done at the NVC stage in 6-8 weeks...

Just make sure not to mention you are engaged (and definitely you are getting married during your visit) to a US citizen at the POE and you'll be ok.
The process depends on the service center your husband's petition will be assigned (Nebraska is the slowest).
I don't think you'll be able to get a K1 visa by the end of the year and get married on New Year's Day though.

Use your brain.
If they ask you, and you say it, you will get a seat on the first flight back to London. Then you will lose your ESTA benefits, you will have to disclose that you had been denied entry to the US.
OP is not planning on breaking any immigration laws. Getting married in the US to a US citizen is legal. Chances are the immigration officer will think you'll just stay in the US after that.
Avoid the headache, be smart, go with the white lie.
Otherwise you will have a much harder time going through the process.

Use your brain.
If they ask you, and you say it, you will get a seat on the first flight back to London. Then you will lose your ESTA benefits, you will have to disclose that you had been denied entry to the US.
OP is not planning on breaking any immigration laws. Getting married in the US to a US citizen is legal. Chances are the immigration officer will think you'll just stay in the US after that.
Avoid the headache, be smart, go with the white lie.
Otherwise you will have a much harder time going through the process.

Use your brain.
If they ask you, and you say it, you will get a seat on the first flight back to London. Then you will lose your ESTA benefits, you will have to disclose that you had been denied entry to the US.
OP is not planning on breaking any immigration laws. Getting married in the US to a US citizen is legal. Chances are the immigration officer will think you'll just stay in the US after that.
Avoid the headache, be smart, go with the white lie.
Otherwise you will have a much harder time going through the process.

Use your brain.
If they ask you, and you say it, you will get a seat on the first flight back to London. Then you will lose your ESTA benefits, you will have to disclose that you had been denied entry to the US.
OP is not planning on breaking any immigration laws. Getting married in the US to a US citizen is legal. Chances are the immigration officer will think you'll just stay in the US after that.
Avoid the headache, be smart, go with the white lie.
Otherwise you will have a much harder time going through the process.

Use your brain.
If they ask you, and you say it, you will get a seat on the first flight back to London. Then you will lose your ESTA benefits, you will have to disclose that you had been denied entry to the US.
OP is not planning on breaking any immigration laws. Getting married in the US to a US citizen is legal. Chances are the immigration officer will think you'll just stay in the US after that.
Avoid the headache, be smart, go with the white lie.
Otherwise you will have a much harder time going through the process.

Well yes, good luck going through immigration on a VWP passport with that.
I put my money on her being sent back to London on the first available flight (she will likely spend the night and a good part of the following day on a bench in the detention area at the airport, btw).
Then we will read the crying post on the forum. And she will go through a MUCH harder process obtaining an IV.
I know the OP doesn't intend to enter with the ESTA and then adjust status (that'd be an immigration law violation and I'd recommend against it 100%), she just wants to visit (and get married). Just say you are visiting (which is true, btw).

Use your brain.
If they ask you, and you say it, you will get a seat on the first flight back to London. Then you will lose your ESTA benefits, you will have to disclose that you had been denied entry to the US.
OP is not planning on breaking any immigration laws. Getting married in the US to a US citizen is legal. Chances are the immigration officer will think you'll just stay in the US after that.
Avoid the headache, be smart, go with the white lie.
Otherwise you will have a much harder time going through the process.

Takes a few days for the AOS fee to be processed and for the IV fee to be available for payment (then it takes another few days to be processed).

I don't know if this is country-specific, but I just sent photocopies of the police certificates. The instructions were clear. All photocopies except for the original I-864EZ.

I asked this question to an IO at least 5/6 times.
They said that the instructions are poorly written and that they don't care about traffic tickets, unless they led to an arrest.